I have one pet.

Ebony and ivory colored Rat Terrier named Kiwi.

Shes a great companion/play mate.

:)

Currently have none, but I would really love to get one. I want a German Shepherd/Black Lab mix, but because I can't handle the responsibility of a dog I want to get a Russian Blue cat. Unfortunately my roommates said they would rather have babies than a cat.

looking good :). How do you like the Vortec powerhead? MP10 or 20?

Thanks, I just need the money to fill it! I'll bring home the second fish, an ORA target mandarin this weekend. I love the vortech, best powerhead ever. And that's an mp10. I'm saving up for a second one so I can even out the flow though.

Best way to stock on a budget is to find a local aquarium club and get frags. They maybe small at first but will grow quickly on a well maintained and fed system ;).

Mandarins can be tricky, even ORA captive bred ones, IME. If you are getting them from a store, make sure that they are actually keeping the regimen of feeding prepared diets and look for full bellies..."TIP"...look from the underside.

Get as large as you can. In a system as small as yours, they will decimate the "pod" population. Although the ORA are fed w/commercially prepared foods (chopped PE Mysis, frozen Cylcopeze, New Life Spectrum Grow 0.5mm pellets, Golden Pearls 800-1000micron) it's best that you get a little breeding trap and reinforce training to commercial foods and hand feeding w/a pipette/eyedropper.

To get it feeding on the dry foods, soak it with thawing frozen food so the liquid portion (and scent) in absorbed by the flake/pellet. Then over time once it's accepting the soaked food, add unsoaked food and reduce the amount of soaked. Once you notice that it feeds w/o issues, then release into the main display.

Yeah, it's a bit of work but well worth it to keep these little jems. I haven seen this color variant in 10 years, but there were orange/peach faced mandarins.

Sadly none, got a pair of dogs and a pair of cats staying with the folks, I consider them mine but Mama takes care of them. The Girl has a dog that will lick and bound his way into my life once she moves out to where I am, long distance is a pain though.

Thanks for the advice, although it was kind of a 'word to the wise' as they would say. :)

I've been a member of our local club for years and the Mandarin feeding thing has been worked out. I'm currently retraining him to eat out of a jar but other than that he's doing well. His slow ass never seems to get all his food before the hermits do. Luckily, it's a small display and he knows which corner to go to. I even think he's learned how to beg.

I have 60 rats, 6 prairie dogs, a great dane, and a pomeranian.

We have two cats, black and white, both girls, almost two years. They were operated and roam freely outside as we live in the countryside. They usually stay nights inside though.

The black one was found by a friend, it was always very alert and didn't allow much touching. These days it even sleeps in our bed, it has become more trusting.

It looks pretty neat, when they wrestle, like yin and yang. :D

I have one dog, he is a bit crazy.

I have two cats, a dog, and two kids. oh! and a husband. lol

I have 2 St. Bernards and a little Yorkie mix....

8 dogs
150 gallon aquarium with..um...lots of fish:

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I have one kitten. My last cat died on Halloween of old age

Kitten food is so boring. I think I'll have some tortilla chips for a change.
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Then I'll have some salsa to go with the chips.
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Wow. That salsa was pretty spicy. Maybe I'll just stick to kitten food.
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3 cats, 1 dog, and 1 soon to be bird.

Sometimes though, I wish I didn't own any pets. They tie you down and its so so sad when they die :(